LEAD POISONING AND USE OF COSMETIC PRODUCT: KOHL

Determination of lead in blood is of major interest to control workplace or environmental exposure to this element. We are report nineteen environmental cases of lead poisoning and 111 environmental cases of lead impregnation in a study of screening for childhood lead poisoning in the region of Fez, Morocco. Moreover, professional and environmental sources can be multiple, so it is recommended to search all sources of exposure and among them the use of traditional cosmetics such as kohl. Lead was used by all study population; it was assessed in product cosmetics such as kohl.